American Academy of Actuaries Announces Slate for Regular Director Positions

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries’ Nominating Committee is presenting a slate of four excellent candidates for regular director positions on the Academy Board of Directors.

The nominees are:

• Elizabeth Brill, vice president and actuary at New York Life, New York, N.Y., and chairperson of the Academy’s Solvency Committee.
• Alice Fontaine of Fontaine Consulting LLC, Cedar Park, Texas, and chairperson of the Academy’s Life Valuation Committee and its AG33 Non-Elective Incidence Task Force.
• Laurel Kastrup, managing director and co-leader of the health actuarial practice of KPMG in Dallas, and chairperson of the Academy’s Health Practice Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee.
• Allen Schmitz, a principal and consulting actuary with the Chicago-Milwaukee office of Milliman, and chairperson of the Academy’s State Long-Term Care Principle-Based Work Group and its Long-Term Care and Disability Committee.

Brill, Kastrup, and Schmitz are nominated to serve three-year terms expiring in 2018. Fontaine is nominated to serve the remaining one year of a three-year Board term expiring 2016 that is being vacated on Nov. 12.

The Academy membership will vote on the slate of regular director candidates during an online election that will occur from Aug. 31 to Sept. 21, 2015. All Academy members as of Aug. 14, 2015, are eligible to vote, and will receive voting instructions and ballots by email or mail. The terms for all incoming directors will begin on Nov. 12 at the close of the Academy’s Annual Meeting of members in Washington. For more information about the Nominating Committee Guidelines for selection of candidates and other election details, please visit the Academy’s online Election Center at http://actuary.org/content/election-center-2015.

The American Academy of Actuaries is an 18,500+ member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. The Academy assists public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States.